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A longtime friend of the Obamas, Jarrett turned 56 on Nov. 15, while on a presidential visit to Asia. A surprise party was held aboard Air Force One for Jarrett and speechwriter Ben Rhodes, who had a birthday the same day. Full Article at The Hill
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excerpt from the pool report... Full Article at Chicago Sun-Times
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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: Education Secretary Arne Duncan (L), White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (C) and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) take part in an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washingto... View Photo »
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We don't think that it's going to add a complication to the strategy. ... We're going to work with the leader of the Afghan government and hopefully that's going to improve the state of conditions for the people in Afghanistan, and also help us as we try to bring this war to a close.
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Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Obama, says the White House stands behind Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and that the administration's economic team saved the U.S. from the brink of economic disaster, To comment on this video or click... Full Article at Real Clear Politics
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The ugliness surrounding the pushing out of White House Counsel Gregory Craig was months in the making, but culminated on the day on which the White House announced that the Justice Department would be prosecuting Guantanamo prisoners on U.S. soil,... Full Article at American Spectator
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All is not lost in the Ivory Tower! Jarrett has been an ever-present figure throughout Obama’s improbable ascent and has become a star in her own right. Full Article at Michelle Malkin
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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (C), Education Secretary Arne Duncan (L) and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) take part in an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washingto... View Photo »
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However, having established a good and direct dialogue with your Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and Under Secretary of State Maria Otero, the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, we viewed it as appropriate and correct that they were sent to India [ Images ] on your behalf to explain your position to...
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TOKYO - The White House's top lawyer is returning to private practice and being replaced by a longtime adviser to Barack Obama. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
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Associated PressFrom left to right, White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Greg Craig, White House Counsel, David Axelrod, and Anita Dunn White House Communication Director walk across Pennsylvania Ave. to the Blair House in Washington, in this... Full Article at SILive.com
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Valerie B. Jarrett (born 1956), is a high-level adviser to Democratic Presidential Hopeful Barack Obama. She is one of Sen. Barack Obama's "oldest advisers and closest campaign aide -- an insider widely tipped for a top position in an Obama administration." Full Article
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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (C), Education Secretary Arne Duncan (L) and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) take part in an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (C), Education Secretary Arne Duncan (L) and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) take part in an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett arrives for an event to read to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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White House senior advisors Valerie Jarrett, left, and David Axelrod, right, walk across Pennsylvania Ave. to the Blair House in Washington, Friday, July 31, 2009.
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Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett, left, and Annebeth Rosenboom, right, Chief of Treaty Section Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations, watch as Susan Rice, center, U.S. ambassador to the UN, signs the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Thursday, Ju...
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ANNANDALE, VA - JULY 01: U.S. President Barack Obama and senior advisor Valerie Jarrett (L) listen to a question from the audiance during a town hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College July 1, 2009 in Annandale, Virginia.
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President Barack Obama, with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, center, take questions during a discussion on health care, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale , Va.
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Senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett (L) and US tennis legend Billie Jean King chat before the start of a roundtable discussion to mark the 37th anniversary of Title IX, which calls for the end of discrimination in education, in the Einsenhower Executive Office Building at the Whi...
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Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett (L) and US tennis legend Billie Jean King chat before the start of a roundtable discussion to mark the 37th anniversary of Title IX, which calls for the end of discrimination in education, in the Einsenhower Executive Office Building at the Whi...
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Tennis legend Billie Jean King, right, accompanied by White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, center, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at an event marking the 37t...
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Tennis legend Billie Jean King, right, accompanied by White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, center, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at an event marking the 37t...
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White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, right, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, center, and Olympian Dominique Dawes attend an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2009, marking the 37th anniversary of the enact...
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WASHINGTON - JUNE 23: White House senior advisers David Axelrod (L) and Valerie Jarrett listen to reporters' questions during a news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House June 23, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - JUNE 22: In this handout image provided by The White House, U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (L) greet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before their meeting outside the Oval Office on June 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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Senior advisors David Axelrod, center, and Valerie Jarrett, left, walk with Deputy White House Chief of Staff Mona Sutphen on the South Lawn of the White House as they return with President Barack Obama from a trip to Missouri, Wednesday, April 29, 2009, in Washington.
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Ellen Moran, the White House communications director, right, walks to the helicopter with White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, left, Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at the White House in Washington.
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US presidential advisers Valerie Jarrett (L), David Alexrod (C), and Press Secretary Robert Gibbbs attend President Barack Obama's second prime time press conference since coming into office in January in the East Room of the White House on March 24, 2009 in Washington.
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US President Barack Obama (C) speaks during a meeting with Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett (L), New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (2nd L), Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (3rd L), California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (2nd R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (R) in the Ro...
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White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett arrives at the White House to attend a dinner hosted by President Obama, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 in Washington. The National Governors Association is holding its winter meeting in Washington this weekend.
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David Axelrod, left, and Valerie Jarrett, right, senior advisers to President Barack Obama, not pictured, disembark Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. , Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, after returning from a town-hall style meeting on the economy in Fort Myers, Fla.
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WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 02: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett attends a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Vermont Governor Jim Douglas in the Oval Office February 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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President-elect Barack Obama, right, walks down the stair with Valerie Jarrett, left, during his arrival at Midway Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Jarrett is co-chair of Obama's transition team.
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Valerie Jarrett, one of President Barack Obama's top advisers, second left, talks to U.S. Under Secretary of State Maria Otero, third left, after receiving ceremonial scarves during a visit to the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009.
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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett speaks with invited guests following an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett (C), Education Secretary Arne Duncan (L) and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) take part in an event reading to school children at the Education Department August 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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We don't think that it's going to add a complication to the strategy. ... We're going to work with the leader of the Afghan government and hopefully that's going to improve the state of conditions for the people in Afghanistan, and also help us as we try to bring this war to a close.
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However, having established a good and direct dialogue with your Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and Under Secretary of State Maria Otero, the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, we viewed it as appropriate and correct that they were sent to India [ Images ] on your behalf to explain your position to...
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You’re never prepared to be the president of the United States until you’re actually president
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Valerie Jarrett, a close Obama confidante and someone I developed an improbably warm personal relationship with on the campaign trail.
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Before (Obama) puts our men and women in harm's way, he wants to make absolutely sure that he has a strategy
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Valerie Jarrett is the one that Buffy [Wicks, deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement] was working for. Buffy, the propaganda slayer.
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The American people want change ... They don't want the same old health care system that is not affordable, that doesn't offer coverage to everybody, that keeps escalating in costs. And what we've seen from the Republicans is really a desire to have the status quo. And, George, that's not acceptable any...
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Conservative bloggers nationwide have begun turning their attention to top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett in recent days in what one top blogging expert says, 'could send shock waves through the entire Obama Administration,'
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I don't know whether Mike Allen actually knows how to count votes or not ... A lot of people thought President Obama didn't have the votes to win, but he did. So we'll see.
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Senior White House Counsel Valerie Jarrett told me this morning that the President will keep to his pledge not to tax the middle class to pass his health care package. 'He's confident that a bill will be passed consistent with his parameters.
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It's a very important relationship and we think that we can certainly have both ... The president has a relationship with the Dalai Lama. He has a relationship with the Chinese.
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I’ll tell you what offended me . . . when Valerie Jarrett supposedly had a sit down . . . when they sat down with female reporters and had cookies and milk . . . .
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There's no stronger advocate for human rights than President Obama
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It's Madeline Albright and Kate Gosselin, there's Valerie Jarrett and Meghan McCain, Sheila Bair -- head of the FDIC, the most powerful woman in the nation when it comes money. There's Alicia Keys and Jane Goodall.
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I think that the message that we've seen from the president and the huge momentum that is moving through Congress shows that the American people are ready for health-care reform ... And they're ready for it this year, and nothing's going to stop that.
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After what we just learned about the massive conflict of interest scheme, involving the White House inner circle of Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod to use the power of the U.S. Presidency to win Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, there will be no closed door deals
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I think that the message that we've seen from the president and the huge momentum that is moving through Congress shows that the American people are ready for healthcare reform ... And they're ready for it this year, and nothing's going to stop that.
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The more we hear about Valerie Jarrett, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Ayers, and all his old Chicago friends... the more it hurts the president to be identified as a 'Chicago politician' who tries in heavy-handed fashion to implement change through the 'Chicago way.'
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His physical presence just magnifies all of what he's been saying ... It just puts a huge exclamation point on the support of the bid and the support of the Olympic movement and the respect for the movement and the respect for the IOC members themselves.
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His wife can go and represent him. It's someone senior from the White House and someone who's much better than Valerie Jarrett, who's a lovely lady but does not have the gravitas of the president or Michelle. And watch, Barack will show up almost unannounced, for a couple hours ... He'll give his commit...
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The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close and therefore well worth our efforts
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In 2016, I’ll be wrapping up my second term as president, so I can’t think of a better way than to be marching into Washington Park alongside Mayor Daley, alongside Rahm Emanuel, alongside Dick Durbin, alongside Valerie Jarrett as President of the United States, and announcing to the world, ‘Let the gam...
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This (the bid and winning it) is very important to them(Obama and First Lady who is Chicago born and bred)
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s bid for the 2016 summer games. (The president flies tonight at 6:50 pm EDT.) This is a big week for Chicago ... It's an amazing group. Valerie Jarrett is going over there. They've got Oprah, the president, the first lady, the mayor. They're bringing the senators. I think they're bringing the governors...
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It is similar to the Iowa caucuses
